Kirsty Besterman is a British actress of the stage and screen. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduating in 2002. Her theatre credits include: * Plunder (Watermill Theatre) * Private Lives (Simply Theatre, Geneva) * The Rivals (Theatre Royal, Bath) * Othello (Cheek by Jowl), as Bianca. * King Lear (RSC Academy), as Cordelia. * Holding Fire! (Shakespeare's Globe). * The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare's Globe), as Portia. She has also appeared in Peter Ackroyd's London and Doctors on BBC television. She was born on 3rd January 1980.